http://bellemeadeplantation.com/ Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville. Once a 5,400 acre plantation and center for breeding of Tennessee race horses including several Ky Derby winners. Site of a severe skirmish in the retreat following the battle of Nashville. Post war home to Gen. “Red” Jackson, one of Forrest’s brigade commanders.

http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/ U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Ft. Lee (Petersburg) Virginia and home to one of the finest US cavalry saddle collections in the world.

http://www.wildhorsebooks.com/ Wild Horse Books & Art: Has the world’s largest selection of books and plans for building or identifying horse drawn vehicles to include the carriage, cart, wagon, buggy, sleigh, stage coach and many more; also books on training and driving draft horses, mules and carriage horses; Model vehicles & kits; books for building model carriages and more. Including..New! plans for the Civil War Artillery – Field Guns, Limber, Traveling Forge, Caisson and other Carriages

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www.jarnaginco.com Jarnagins: The hobby’s “Walmart” and still the best source for many hard to get items. Excellent leather and tin items for all periods from the 1700’s through the later 1800’s. My good friend David Jarnagin

http://www.stuartliliesaddles.com/index_files/saddles/E19thmilitia.htm High quality 18th and 19th century saddles and equipments including early English civilian, 18th century British, French and American military, early 19th century American and recently, Civil War Federal and Confederate saddles. Master Saddler Stuart Lilie does some of the finest saddle craftsmanship available in America today.

www.historicalimagebank.com Military and Historical Image Bank. Don Troiani is gracious enough to allow me to use his photos on my site. For alot more and better images of the finest militaria artifacts from the 18th and 19th centuries check out his imagebank site. Its worth the trip!

Ken R. Knopp

Historian and Author Ken R. Knopp has published a collection of his research and findings in three comprehensive books and dozens of previously published articles. The articles & photos are copyrighted and NOT available without written permission.